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Banking and Financial Services

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More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience
The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.
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Nov 24, 2021
The RAND Blog
Karishma V. Patel, Michelle E. Miro

Banking and Financial Services

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The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?
If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?
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Nov 23, 2021
The RAND Blog
David Catt, Nihar Chhatiawala, et al.
Infrastructure Finance

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Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red
To achieve the Biden administration's blueprint for solar energy and focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, green bonds may be worth considering. But, like any other financing instrument, they may be best considered through a cost-benefit lens.
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Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
Brian Wong, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda
International Economic Relations

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Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal
As the Biden administration begins to define its approach to international trade, and the Suga administration looks to further tighten cooperation with the United States, it may be worth reconsidering the exclusion of cryptocurrency from the U.S.-Japan trade deal. Substantial economic equities are at stake for both sides.
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Jul 28, 2021
Nikkei Asia
Sale Lilly @SaleLilly, Scott W. Harold
Market Regulation

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Too Interconnected to Fail
The 2007–08 financial crisis made regulators and lawmakers acutely aware that some financial institutions had become too big to fail. The next big economic crisis may arise outside the financial sector, in highly networked companies that are too interconnected to fail.
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Aug 22, 2020
Wall Street Journal
Jonathan W. Welburn @jwwelburn, Aaron Strong @resourceecon
Economic Policy

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The Danger of Converting a Health Crisis into a Financial Crisis
The impulse to do something to help businesses right now is well-intended, but lending to companies that were highly leveraged pre-crisis is a risky bet. Assistance could be best directed toward sound enterprises that are likely to survive and contribute to boosting the economy in the coming years.
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Apr 13, 2020
CNN
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_, Shanthi Nataraj, et al.
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Discount Justice: Fiscal Austerity and State Courts
Budget cuts at the state court level can mean courthouse closures, hiring freezes and layoffs, leading to longer wait times for the public. Educating the public about the role and importance of the state courts is key to preventing more budget cuts in the future.
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Apr 18, 2017
Inside Sources
Kathryn Kuznitsky
Cybersecurity

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After a Year of Major Hacks, 2015 Resolutions to Bolster Cyber Security
With numerous data breaches and emerging software vulnerabilities, 2014 was the year the hack went viral. But realizing a few New Year's resolutions in 2015 could help defenders make strides in protection, tools, and techniques to gain the edge over cyber attackers in years to come.
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Dec 31, 2014
U.S. News & World Report
Lillian Ablon
Cyber Warfare

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Preventing Cyber Attacks: Sharing Information About Tor
While Tor has many benefits, it is also used to hide criminal activity online such as the recent cyber attacks against JPMorgan Chase and Sony Pictures. The U.S. government should share the IP addresses of Tor network nodes with U.S. critical infrastructure and financial firms so that future cyber attacks could be prevented.
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Dec 17, 2014
The RAND Blog
Daniel Gonzales @gonzadan
Cybersecurity

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The Real Cyber Threat
The fact is that the United States needs to gear up for the coming era of cyber threats — and start by ensuring its financial flank is not catastrophically compromised, writes Mark Sparkman.
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May 21, 2013
CNN
Mark Sparkman
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The Falling Dollar: A Silver Lining for Pittsburgh
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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May 8, 2005
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Barry Balmat, Keith Crane
commentary
The Buy-Side Revolution
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Sep 27, 2002
Wall Street Journal
Charles Wolf, Jr.

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Software supply chain security has emerged as a leading risk because of the massively fragmented and decentralized nature of modern software development. Unlike other problems in cybersecurity, this is a discrete problem, where the data exist. Information required to map software dependents or dependencies is knowable because there exists a finite limit to the number of nodes and dependencies.

Sasha Romanosky

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: The Hill

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Lucy Hocking

Senior Analyst

Source: The RAND Blog

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Banking and Financial Services

More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience

The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?

Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red

Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal

Too Interconnected to Fail

The Danger of Converting a Health Crisis into a Financial Crisis

Discount Justice: Fiscal Austerity and State Courts

After a Year of Major Hacks, 2015 Resolutions to Bolster Cyber Security

Preventing Cyber Attacks: Sharing Information About Tor

The Real Cyber Threat

The Falling Dollar: A Silver Lining for Pittsburgh

The Buy-Side Revolution

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